Good morning all!
I'm trying to import an existing...
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blue-jelly-47972
02/12/2025, 6:40 PMGood morning all!
I'm trying to import an existing Rancher deployed RKE2 cluster from one Rancher Management Server (2.10) to a new Rancher Management Server (2.10).
Once imported, the new Rancher Management Server treats it as a Generic Imported Cluster, so the config is not editable, etc.
Is there a way to convert the imported cluster to be manageable from the new Rancher Management Server?
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creamy-pencil-82913
02/12/2025, 7:03 PMno
creamy-pencil-82913
02/12/2025, 7:04 PMYou’d need to use the backup-restore operator to migrate everything over from the old rancher instance to the new one. You can’t just import clusters and have it treat them as provisioned, it is missing all the other resources that go along with the cluster when you provision it via rancher.
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blue-jelly-47972
02/12/2025, 7:05 PMgreat, thats what I was working on next...
blue-jelly-47972
02/12/2025, 7:05 PMthank you!
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creamy-pencil-82913
02/12/2025, 7:05 PMgl!
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blue-jelly-47972
02/13/2025, 4:52 PMGM! From this document, it states that the Rancher Backup Operator only backs up the Rancher App. https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/how-to-guides/new-user-guides/backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery/back-up-rancher
I have a successful backup of the downstream cluster I want to move, but without a cluster on the new Rancher management console, where do I restore to? Rancher itself (local)?
blue-jelly-47972
02/13/2025, 5:02 PMapologies, rereading your post above: "use the backup-restore operator to migrate everything over from the old rancher instance to the new one." so it would require restoring the management cluster itself, not the individual clusters it manages.
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creamy-pencil-82913
02/13/2025, 6:43 PMexactly
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